2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: St. Louis Fed President James Bullard speaks about the U.S. economy during an interview in New York February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson 2/2 By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – Despite a broadly shared view that the U.S. labor market has healed enough to allow the Federal Reserve to start reducing its…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: International Monetary Fund logo is seen inside the headquarters at the end of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, U.S., October 9, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee on Thursday urged global policymakers to monitor pricing dynamics closely,…
3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends the House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2021. Al Drago/Pool via REUTERS 2/3 By Ann Saphir, Jonnelle Marte and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) Dunsmuir (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve signaled on Wednesday it could start reducing its crisis-era support for…
© Reuters. A view shows the Central Bank headquarters building in Brasilia, Brazil October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/Files SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank sold $1 billion worth of currency swaps in a surprise auction on Wednesday afternoon, boosting the local currency from nearly six-month lows. The central bank said it had sold all…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A logo of Turkey’s Central Bank (TCMB) is pictured at the entrance of the bank’s headquarters in Ankara, Turkey April 19, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas///File Photo ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed central bank monetary policy committee (MPC) members Semih Tumen, Ugur Namik Kucuk and Abdullah Yavas on Thursday, appointing…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks as he participates in the virtual CEO Summit on Semiconductor and Supply Chain Resilience from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque By Alexandra Alper, Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged…
© Reuters. A representation of the virtual cryptocurrency Ethereum is seen among representations of other cryptocurrencies in this picture illustration taken June 14, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su/Illustration By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency products and funds attracted $226.2 million in investments last week, marking their eighth straight week of inflows, a report from digital…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An American flag flies outside of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to legislation temporarily raising the government’s borrowing limit to $28.9 trillion, pushing off the…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during the House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, U.S., September 30, 2021. Sarah Silbiger/Pool via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Monday that a law firm’s report into World Bank data-rigging allegations against…
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Bank of Korea is seen on the top of its building in Seoul, South Korea, July 14, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo By Cynthia Kim and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s central bank kept interest rates steady on Tuesday, taking a breather after its first rate hike…